What if...

[wildwood]

the first son of Will and Kate is Gay? At that time Charlie would be pushing up daisies so would that boy be the first in line or do they have to be capable of procreation.

[mike11111]

He would still be first in line. There is no law against a gay king - we have had one or two. If he did not procreate next in line would be his next younger brother, or failing that his eldest sister. If there were no further children than him then the succession would pass to Prince Henry and his descendants.

[boxtops]

Gay people are not incapable of procreation, wildwood ! - he might choose a surrogate mother to keep the line going.

[WELSHYORKIE]

Hey Ho, as Larry Grayson would say!

[VHG]

Many royal marriages in the past have been aranged marriages where neither couple liked each other. They would smile together in public, then go off to their separate homes and their separate "partners".

It could be argued Charles and Di was an arranged marriage where certainly Charles was pressured into marrying her when I am not sure he wanted to.

So any royal gay person could easily have an arranged marriage and produce an heir or two, but in private the couple would lead separate lives.

[sara3]

what a strange question... do you think they do fertility tests on those in line to the throne?

[enfable]

If William died before becoming King would Harry become king (some belive that he is not Charles son). Would a paternity test be needed?

[jackthehat]

1. Yes
2. No

[starone]

There was some doubt as to who was the father of James I - Mary his mother had lovers as well as husbands. Who's to know unless a DNA test is insisted upon and I don't think it would be.

[deggers316]

so he could be gay ?? there's always the turkey baster method,

[bazwillrun]

"do you think they do fertility tests on those in line to the throne? "

you'd be suprised and amazed at what tests are done these days on future providers of royal heirs.

do you honestly think that they havent done any dna tests on kate ?!

do you honestly think that the powers that be would let him marry someone who is infertile and or carrying genes that may harbour serious known defects

[I.Don No]

I really do not know what all this speculation is about. Our present monarch is not the rightful holder of this title if you believe what Tony Robinson found out when he was researching the royal tree. In the dim and distant past some king or other, can't remember the chap's name, supposedly sired an heir when he had been out of the country for over 10 months, and wifey had remained in England. TR traced the lineage down from an undisputed heir and the rightful monarch is a chappie who lives in Australia!

So to answer the question re Harry......doesn't seem to matter who supplied the little swimmers.....it seems to be sorted out by onto which sheets you are born!

[bazwillrun]

http://en.wikipedia.o...tain%27s_Real_Monarch

[moralman]

"would Harry become king (some belive that he is not Charles son)."
Some people say this because of the ginger hair/James Hewitt connection, but if you have a good look at Harry, he definitely has strong traits of his old man's features.

[moralman]

I hope he is and that we end up with two kings

[starone]

If (and I stress if) it were true and Charles was not Harry's father and there was a terrible accident in which Charles and William died, leaving Harry as the heir apparent, would that mean we would have a commoner on the throne? And would anyone care? If he married a commoner that would be even worse, or better depending on what you believe. It would certainly put new blood into the 'royal' family.